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20 SYRIAN SOLDIERS EXECUTED IN ALEPPO
TERT.AM
11.09.12
Syrian rebels summarily executed at least 20 soldiers in second city
Aleppo, a watchdog has said, as UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi admitted he
faced a "very difficult" task in his bid to end the nearly 18-month
conflict, AFP reported.
The Syrian government's traditional ally Moscow called for a peace
conference involving all parties to the conflict, warning of the
risks of a complete collapse of central authority as happened in
Somalia in the early 1990s.
"I know perfectly well that the mission is very difficult but I had
no right to refuse to try to help the Syrian people," Brahimi told
reporters in Cairo on his first visit to the region since taking up
his post earlier this month.
"I am at the service of the Syrian people alone. My only boss is the
Syrian people. The only interest of the United Nations and the Arab
League is the Syrian people," the envoy said.
The soldiers executed were captured at a military compound during
a rebel attack in the Hanano district of east Aleppo, the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said.
They had their eyes blindfolded and hands tied behind their backs
before they were lined up and shot, sometime over the weekend,
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
Amateur video posted on YouTube and distributed by the Observatory
showed some 20 bodies laid out next to each other on a pavement. Many
of the men's heads were covered in blood, and some were wearing jeans
rather than full military attire.
TERT.AM
11.09.12
Syrian rebels summarily executed at least 20 soldiers in second city
Aleppo, a watchdog has said, as UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi admitted he
faced a "very difficult" task in his bid to end the nearly 18-month
conflict, AFP reported.
The Syrian government's traditional ally Moscow called for a peace
conference involving all parties to the conflict, warning of the
risks of a complete collapse of central authority as happened in
Somalia in the early 1990s.
"I know perfectly well that the mission is very difficult but I had
no right to refuse to try to help the Syrian people," Brahimi told
reporters in Cairo on his first visit to the region since taking up
his post earlier this month.
"I am at the service of the Syrian people alone. My only boss is the
Syrian people. The only interest of the United Nations and the Arab
League is the Syrian people," the envoy said.
The soldiers executed were captured at a military compound during
a rebel attack in the Hanano district of east Aleppo, the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said.
They had their eyes blindfolded and hands tied behind their backs
before they were lined up and shot, sometime over the weekend,
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
Amateur video posted on YouTube and distributed by the Observatory
showed some 20 bodies laid out next to each other on a pavement. Many
of the men's heads were covered in blood, and some were wearing jeans
rather than full military attire.